The Economics of Price Discrimination (The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840642335 ISBN 13: 9781840642339

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

This volume brings together the most significant articles which have appeared over the past three decades analyzing the application and effects of price discrimination.

Discrimination is a pervasive marketing practice that survives despite the attempts of regulators to limit or eliminate its use; it is widespread also in oligopolistic and imperfectly competitive markets. It is a practice used by firms in pricing their products over product dimensions such as space, time and quality, and it affects the ability of firms to compete in other firms' markets or to protect their own. This collection of articles by leading authors in the field highlights what we know of the motivations for and the welfare implications of price discrimination. It also presents a blueprint for further work in this important area.

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Edited by George Norman, Professor of Economics and Cummings Family Chair of Entrepreneurship and Business Economics Emeritus, formerly Tufts University, US

Edition details

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1840642335
• ISBN 13: 9781840642339
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 608
• Editor: Norman George